One to love, one to hate as the chips roll over
Yo Pit Crazies, The chip darlings are finally rolling over, and that changes where the money goes next. When the high flyers come back to earth, smart money goes hunting in the bargain bin. I've got one name down there I love and one I still can't touch. Hans nailed his chip short in the […]
Mark’s live with 10 plays before the bell
Mark’s live this morning on State of the Market. And he’s talking about three big news hits over the weekend along with 10 different stock plays. First, Iran and the US wrapped an all-night session in Switzerland, and both sides are calling it real progress. Oil waivers, frozen money getting unlocked, a hotline to keep […]
One to love, one to leave this week
Dear Income traders, Look, here's the thing. While the whole market argued about AI, a different corner quietly turned into one of the best stories of the year: fintech. Financials broke out (pushed above the price ceiling they'd been stuck under for months). The rally broadened too, meaning more stocks joined in instead of the […]
Love one, leave one this week
If you want to know where the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 are headed, you only need to watch one ticker: SMH. As SMH goes, so goes the market. Why SMH Is the Only Chart That Matters The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is a basket of chip stocks that trades like a single […]
Licia’s favorite stock this week (and the one she’d avoid)
Hi Traders, My favorite stock this week is Intel (INTC): It is breaking out into new highs and into my next pitchfork channel which will take it to $143.82. The previous high, which is the resistance it just broke out above at $132.76, is now our support and close below there will be my stop […]
The safe corner is the new trap
Hi traders, Here is a clean read on risk that jumped out at me, and it comes out of one sector. Healthcare just split itself in half. The safest, most defensive corner is getting sold. The most speculative, highest-risk corner is getting bought. When the lottery-ticket end of the market leads the bond-proxy end (the […]
Wall Street is dumping the wrong exchange
Yo Pit Crazies, As long as the market keeps doing this, I am going to keep playing it: loving everything new and hating everything old. The same headline keeps landing every week: perpetual futures (contracts that let you bet on a price with no expiration date) got the green light for betting-line sites like Kalshi […]
Which AI bet is the smart money fading?
Hey Trader, Aging is the one trend you cannot code away. Every person who lives long enough needs senior care. Not most. All. Welltower (WELL) owns the buildings: senior housing, post-acute facilities, outpatient space. Real assets, real rent rolls, and a demographic tailwind nobody is debating. Here's the thing. The 80-plus population is set to […]
Love the Register. Leave the Rig.
Hi Traders, I wrote you a full map: the consumer is staging a comeback, and the recovery is walking through the economy in paycheck order. Read it here: What If the Consumer Is Back? Short version: the war is ending, the war premium comes out of oil, and every dollar that doesn't go into the […]
I would bet on this
Hey, Way back when, this stock was an arch nemesis in the Trade Wars. And no, I'm not talking Star Wars, Spice Federation, Clone Wars. I'm talking the battle for order flow, the fight over who got to handle your trades. That exchange was the International Securities Exchange (ISE), now owned by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), […]